Cowboys make some moves in personnel department

boozeman

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Cowboys make some moves in personnel department

Posted by Darin Gantt on June 14, 2013, 2:21 PM EDT


As is customary for teams this time of year, the Cowboys made some scouting moves, giving a promotion to protect one of their own.

According to Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com, the Cowboys are promoting Will McClay to assistant director of player personnel, and naming Tom Ciskowski director of scouting.

Ciskowski was already their assistant director of player personnel, so this makes for a cleaner business card.

McClay was apparently pursued by the Browns and Chiefs this offseason, with the Cowboys refusing permission to interview him.

McClay was previously in pro personnel, and added the title director of football research last year. He was also the head coach of the Arena League’s Dallas Desperados of the AFL from 2004 to 2008.
 

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McClay looks forward to many more years of his #5 rated player to be passed on at 18.
 

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Thank GOD we're doing everything we can to keep our scouting structure intact.

~whew~
 

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Why does Jerry get so possessive once another franchise wants to hire one of his people? Like a little kid yelling "mine!"

Is the Guy that good? McClay?
 

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Cowboys moving toward more diversity
June, 16, 2013

By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com

The offseason was a bad one for NFL owners in terms of diversity with their head coaches.

Of the eight vacancies, none were filled with minority candidates.
Of the seven general manager positions that were empty, only one -- Doug Whaley to the Buffalo Bills -- went to a minority.

Which brings us to the Dallas Cowboys.
Late last week, the Cowboys promoted Will McClay to assistant director of player personnel to work alongside Tom Ciskowski, who changed his title to director of scouting.

McClay is a key person in the Cowboys front office, along with Ciskowski and Judd Garrett in terms of finding players, college and pro.

But what McClay represents is diversity. He moves towards the top at a very important position in the Cowboys front office, and he's African-American. McClay has a voice with Jerry and Stephen Jones, which is very important in terms of finding players.

There are few African-American head coaches, just three in 2013, and the GM roles are held by few: Ozzie Newsome in Baltimore, Martin Mayhew in Detroit, Jerry Reese with the New York Giants, Reggie McKenzie in Oakland and Rick Smith in Houston are some of the names.

Diversity is important in sports, especially in the front office, and the Cowboys should be commended for what they did for McClay. They didn't move him up because of the color of his skin, but rather for what he's done for the team.

He helped find such players as Eric Frampton, Tony Fiammetta, Ernie Sims and Laurent Robinson. There was another player McClay found for the Cowboys, Jerry Brown, who passed away last December in a car crash.

The Cowboys have always promoted diversity in a number of ways, and by pushing McClay to this role, he could one day become a general manager for another team in a league that needs more diversity.
 

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I'm glad they had to take the time to tell me that McClay is black.
 
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